Uzemain: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 96% of compared French towns
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 6.2% in Uzemain. Its 480 households held 1,046 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Uzemain
Fewer residents than in 2012
Uzemain had 1,139 residents at the 2012 census and 1,046 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Uzemain behind 95% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
A median age of 48: Uzemain is older than 75% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uzemain 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Uzemain ranks below 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Uzemain has 27%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
5.1% of households have no car, below 87% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Uzemain (10%). Flats are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,890 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Uzemain’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,890 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns, at 35%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.3% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Uzemain sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Uzemain, 0.6%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Uzemain ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
With married residents at 50%, Uzemain is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Uzemain, 28%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,046 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Uzemain: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzemain | 48 | 23% | 3.6% | 1.4% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 3.6 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 6.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 7.5 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 7.9 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 11.2 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 11.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Uzemain
What is the population of Uzemain?
1,046 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,139).
How old are Uzemain’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uzemain?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uzemain?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uzemain?
€24,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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